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The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Tom Rachman

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers By Tom Rachman

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman

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Beautiful new edition of Tom Rachman's highly-acclaimed second novel, in a new package alongside his bestseller The Imperfectionists and new novel The Italian Teacher

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Summary

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman

'Ingenious' New York Times
'Mesmerising' The Times
'Loveable' Evening Standard

Nine-year-old Tooly is spirited away from Bangkok by a seductive group of outsiders who take her from city to city across the globe. At twenty, she is wandering the streets of Manhattan with a scribbled-on map, scamming strangers for her shadowy protector, Venn.

Now, aged thirty-one, she runs a second-hand bookshop on the Welsh borders and has found peace with her strange upbringing - until she's called to return to New York to see her dying father.

Warm, hilarious and fizzing with intelligence, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers is a masterpiece about the search for identity.

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Reviews

One of the paciest, easiest to read novels you could imagine . . . Mesmerising: a thorough work-out for the head and heart that targets cognitive muscles you never knew you had * The Times *
Some novels are such good company that you don't want them to end; Tom Rachman knows this, and has pulled off the feat of writing one . . . A touching story of fallen idols, with brilliant insights into misplaced loyalties, and the power that adults have over children. Rachman has written a hugely likeable, even loveable book about the people we meet and how they shape us * Sunday Telegraph *
Ingenious . . . Rachman needs only a few well-drawn characters to fill a large canvas and an impressive swath of history * New York Times *
The way the three stories mesh is a wonderful thing - suspense and intrigue in equal measure. Every so often it reminded me of Donna Tartt * Evening Standard *
The detail is never overdone, the language is quirky and the novel's structure is beautifully managed * The Lady *
When a Tom Rachman novel lands in the bookstores I stop living and breathing to devour it. It's hard to think of anyone who has a better grasp on the world we live in (and I mean, like, the entire planet) and can write about it with such entertainment and panache * Gary Shteyngart *

About Tom Rachman

Born in London and raised in Vancouver, Tom Rachman was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press stationed in Rome, then an editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris. He is the author of three novels, the international bestseller The Imperfectionists; The Rise and Fall of Great Powers and The Italian Teacher, as well as a short stories collection, Basket of Deplorables. He lives in London.

Additional information

GOR010278694
9781787475465
1787475468
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman
Tom Rachman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Quercus Publishing
2018-11-01
384
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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